Construct a 95% confidence interval to estimate the population proportion of second born babies who were assigned male at birth given that their first born sibling was assigned the gender female at birth. (Enter your answer using interval notation. Round your numerical values to four decimal places.)

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Please answer the question that reads: Construct a 95% confidence interval to estimate the population proportion of second born babies who were assigned male at birth given that their first born sibling was assigned the gender female at birth. (Enter your answer using interval notation. Round your numerical values to four decimal places.)

 

nm_child sx_1 sx_2 sx_3 sx_4 sx_5 sexchldn num_fam
2 M M       MM 4800
2 M F       MF 4270
2 F M       FM 4433
2 F F       FF 4218
3 M M M     MMM 1661
3 M M F     MMF 1618
3 M F M     MFM 1507
3 M F F     MFF 1403
3 F M M     FMM 1521
3 F M F     FMF 1421
3 F F M     FFM 1610
3 F F F     FFF 1498
4 M M M M   MMMM 469
4 M M M F   MMMF 484
4 M M F M   MMFM 466
4 M M F F   MMFF 448
4 M F M M   MFMM 398
4 M F M F   MFMF 448
4 M F F M   MFFM 420
4 M F F F   MFFF 425
4 F M M M   FMMM 419
4 F M M F   FMMF 406
4 F M F M   FMFM 406
4 F M F F   FMFF 342
4 F F M M   FFMM 424
4 F F M F   FFMF 428
4 F F F M   FFFM 442
4 F F F F   FFFF 481
5 M M M M M MMMMM 549
5 M M M M F MMMMF 516
5 M M M F M MMMFM 478
5 M M M F F MMMFF 495
5 M M F M M MMFMM 524
5 M M F M F MMFMF 469
5 M M F F M MMFFM 476
5 M M F F F MMFFF 509
5 M F M M M MFMMM 472
5 M F M M F MFMMF 441
5 M F M F M MFMFM 456
5 M F M F F MFMFF 453
5 M F F M M MFFMM 496
5 M F F M F MFFMF 473
5 M F F F M MFFFM 495
5 M F F F F MFFFF 440
5 F M M M M FMMMM 486
5 F M M M F FMMMF 447
5 F M M F M FMMFM 479
5 F M M F F FMMFF 452
5 F M F M M FMFMM 492
5 F M F M F FMFMF 430
5 F M F F M FMFFM 469
5 F M F F F FMFFF 429
5 F F M M M FFMMM 502
5 F F M M F FFMMF 440
5 F F M F M FFMFM 445
5 F F M F F FFMFF 427
5 F F F M M FFFMM 455
5 F F F M F FFFMF 461
5 F F F F M FFFFM 488
5 F F F F F FFFFF 518
Construct a 95% confidence interval to estimate the population proportion of second born babies who were assigned male
at birth given that their first born sibling was assigned the gender female at birth. (Enter your answer using interval
notation. Round your numerical values to four decimal places.)
(0.112, 0.138)
Transcribed Image Text:Construct a 95% confidence interval to estimate the population proportion of second born babies who were assigned male at birth given that their first born sibling was assigned the gender female at birth. (Enter your answer using interval notation. Round your numerical values to four decimal places.) (0.112, 0.138)
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From the given data, out of total of n=60 observations, 15 are second born male babies given that their first born sibling is female.

 

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